"Edward Blum defies odds in getting cases to Supreme Court":This article will appear Tuesday in The Washington Post.Posted at 10:36 PM by Howard Bashman"The Tortuous, Protracted Wait to Confirm Judges -- From Abe to Obama: The Senate confirmed Robert Bacharach as a U.S. circuit judge Monday after 399 days in limbo; In Lincoln's day, it often took less than 10 days." Russell Wheeler has this essay online at The Atlantic.Posted at 09:38 PM by Howard Bashman"Sotomayor chides prosecutor for 'racially charged' question": Robert Barnes will have this article Tuesday in The Washington Post.

"Bork: Nixon offered next high court vacancy in '73." The Associated Press has this report.Posted at 05:51 PM by Howard Bashman"Roe v Wade: 40 Years On. . . The Legal History & Future of Reproductive Rights." Some careful readers may recall that recently I was involved in a taping of an episode of The American Law Journal television show. The program is scheduled for broadcast tonight, and it can be viewed online, on-demand at this link.Posted at 05:46 PM by Howard Bashman"Court takes up question of arrestee DNA sampling": Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.Posted at 05:42 PM by Howard Bashman"Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Butt v. Utah": Eugene Volokh has this post at "The Volokh Conspiracy."Posted at 03:28 PM by Howard Bashman"Would-Be Federal Judges Face The Washington Waiting Game": Carrie Johnson will have this audio segment on this evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered."Posted at 03:26 PM by Howard Bashman"D.C. Circuit Appears Skeptical of FCC in Tennis Channel Case": Mike Scarcella has this post today at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times."

"Obama Justice Department Won't Disclose Number Of Classified OLC Opinions": Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post has this report.Posted at 03:21 PM by Howard Bashman"St Joe investors lose in court; Einhorn had shorted stock": Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.Posted at 03:17 PM by Howard Bashman"Alabama will not challenge ban on collecting immigration information from students": The Huntsville Times has a news update that begins, "The State of Alabama will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on its efforts to collect immigration information on public school students, Alabama Solicitor General John Neiman said this morning."Posted at 01:02 PM by Howard Bashman"Does the Fourth Amendment still fit the 21st Century?" Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online today at the ABA Journal's "Law News Now" blog.Posted at 12:20 PM by Howard Bashman"Justice laments prosecutor's racially charged question": Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has a report that begins, "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday condemned racially charged language used by a federal prosecutor in Texas."